PhD Book Club Our next book will be MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager's beautifully written memoir The Smallest Lights in the Universe. Seager’s account of how her love of the night sky took her from a deprived Toronto childhood to the MacArthur 'Genius' Grant is also a deeply personal meditation on her husband’s cancer, loss, grief and recovery. Join us to think about how research journeys unfold in accidental and deliberate ways, and how life intervenes in the life of the mind. (It's also just a fascinating book about astrophysics, and the search for exoplanets!) To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Oct 30 2026 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-4:45pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater. Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Chaplaincy Centre 1 Bristo Place EH8 9AL Team Area This article was published on Thursday 12 September 2024
PhD Book Club Our next book will be MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager's beautifully written memoir The Smallest Lights in the Universe. Seager’s account of how her love of the night sky took her from a deprived Toronto childhood to the MacArthur 'Genius' Grant is also a deeply personal meditation on her husband’s cancer, loss, grief and recovery. Join us to think about how research journeys unfold in accidental and deliberate ways, and how life intervenes in the life of the mind. (It's also just a fascinating book about astrophysics, and the search for exoplanets!) To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Oct 30 2026 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-4:45pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater. Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Chaplaincy Centre 1 Bristo Place EH8 9AL Team Area This article was published on Thursday 12 September 2024
Oct 30 2026 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-4:45pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater. Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk.
